by Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY Sports

by Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY Sports

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. â?? Alabama carries itself like a team that's never satisfied, whether or not the score is 42-14 in the fourth quarter and the Crimson Tide are less than eight minutes away from a third national championship under Nick Saban.

Case in point: Despite holding a 28-point lead in the fourth quarter on Monday night, Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron and center Barrett Jones pushed and shoved on the field after a false-start penalty cost the Crimson Tide five yards.

Five yards? What's five yards when you're ahead 42-14? But the relentless push for perfection is what has carried Alabama to championship after championship after championship, one could say.

Here's a video of the brief on-field altercation:

"We're both perfectionists and he's an emotional guy. We had a snap count difference and I was right," Jones said after the game, laughing. "But you know, whatever, it doesn't matter. We love each other and gave each other a big hug. It's just how we are."

As Jones walked off the field after the game, an Alabama fan said to him, "That's okay, Barrett. You had the best hit on him all night."

Jones started another BCS championship game on Alabama's offensive line despite suffering a Lisfranc injury to his left foot during a Dec. 1 win over Georgia in the SEC title game. Jones said after the victory that he received a cortisone shot in his foot to help him play and will undergo surgery on Tuesday.

"There was no way I was missing this game," Jones said.

Playing in the victory gave Jones the opportunity to share what he called a "genuine" hug Saban, who recruited Jones in the first full recruiting class he compiled after being hired in 2007.

"It was a special moment," Jones said of their postgame embrace. "I'm not really an emotional guy but that was an emotional moment. Everything we've been able to accomplish the last five years. It was one of the first genuine bear hugs I've got from him."